On 4/29/11 12:04 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> Maciej brought up the good point that an SVG<img> needs to be
> processed in basically the same way as an<iframe> does. Is there
> just a special exception for this that<iframe>s don't share?
Yes. In particular, because for an SVG <img> you can't mess with its
DOM from script and don't have to set up a scripting environment
(because no script ever runs in it) the setup process is completely
different and can take shortcuts that would not be acceptable for
<iframe> at the moment.
-Boris